Invention Grant
US08368308B2 Inductively coupled plasma reactor having RF phase control and methods of use thereof
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具有RF相位控制的感应耦合等离子体反应器及其使用方法
- Patent Title: Inductively coupled plasma reactor having RF phase control and methods of use thereof
- Patent Title (中): 具有RF相位控制的感应耦合等离子体反应器及其使用方法
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Application No.: US12717358Application Date: 2010-03-04
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Publication No.: US08368308B2Publication Date: 2013-02-05
- Inventor: Samer Banna , Valentin N. Todorow
- Applicant: Samer Banna , Valentin N. Todorow
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Clara
- Agency: Moser Taboada
- Agent Alan Taboada
- Main IPC: H01J7/24
- IPC: H01J7/24

Abstract:
Embodiments of the present invention generally provide an inductively coupled plasma (ICP) reactor having a substrate RF bias that is capable of control of the RF phase difference between the ICP source (a first RF source) and the substrate bias (a second RF source) for plasma processing reactors used in the semiconductor industry. Control of the RF phase difference provides a powerful knob for fine process tuning. For example, control of the RF phase difference may be used to control one or more of average etch rate, etch rate uniformity, etch rate skew, critical dimension (CD) uniformity, and CD skew, CD range, self DC bias control, and chamber matching.
Public/Granted literature
- US20100227420A1 INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA REACTOR HAVING RF PHASE CONTROL AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF Public/Granted day:2010-09-09
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